Free Electron

Definition: Free Electron

Free Electron

Noun

1. Electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field.

Specialty Definitions: Free Electron

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	An electron which is not bound to an atom. (references)
Physics	An electron that has broken free of it's atomic bond and is therefore not bound to an atom. (references)
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Crosswords: Free Electron

English words defined with "free electron": free radical ♦ radical. (references)

Specialty definitions using "free electron": Band Gap Energy, band-to-band recombination, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Bremsstrahlung ♦ captured electron, captured hole, carbanion, Chapman region, Charge Carrier, Cryoelectron Microscopy ♦ Diffusion Length, direct recombination ♦ E-layer, electron avalanche, Electron Capture, emission nebula ♦ Free Radicals ♦ gyrofrequency ♦ high-mobility conduction band minimum, high-mobility minimum, high-mobility valley ♦ microscopic lifetime, minimum ionizing speed ♦ photoelectric effect ♦ radiative recombination ♦ stimulated recombination ♦ true lifetime. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Free Electron

Domain	Title
Books	Towards X-Ray Free Electron Lasers: Workshop on Single Pass, High Gain Fels Starting from Noise, Aiming at Coherent X-Rays: Garda Lake, Italy June 1 (reference) Free Electron Lasers: Proceedings of the Beijing Fel Seminar, Beijing University, 11-23 August, 1988 (Beijing Institute of Modern Physics, Vol 2) (reference) Insertion Devices for Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Free Electron

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
free electron laser	11
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Anagrams: Free Electron

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-l-n-o-r-r-t"
	-3 letters: ferrocene, reenforce, reference, reflector.
	-4 letters: conferee, confrere, electron, enforcer, florence, recenter, referent.
	-5 letters: crofter, electee, elector, electro, enforce, enterer, erecter, erector, fleecer, fleeter, fronter, lectern, oftener, reelect, reenter, reerect, refence, referee, reflect, refront, terreen, terrene.
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